Left-wing politics
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Left-wing politics, leftist politics, and leftism are descriptions within the left–right political spectrum for a range of political ideologies that generally support and seek to achieve social equali
Members of the All India Trade Union Congress demonstrating in Alappuzha, Kerala
Global warming was the cover story of this 2007 issue of the Ms. magazine.
Protestors in Harlem, New York City, express solidarity with the Selma to Montgomery marches against racial segregation in the United States, 1965
The 5 May 1789 opening of the Estates General of 1789 in Versailles
Right-wing politics
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Right-wing politics, or rightism, is the range of political ideologies that view certain social stratifications and orders as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this posit
Left-wing politics
…was used to describe liberalism in the United States and republicanism in France, supporting a lesser degree of hierarchical decision-making than the right-wing politics of the traditional conservatives and monarchists. In modern politics, the term Left typically applies to ideologies and movements to the left of classical…
Joseph Maistre, a historically influential right-wing and conservative ideologue
Anti-communist propaganda poster depicting the White movement which says "For a united Russia", 1919
1940 postcard marking the 2600th anniversary of the mythical foundation of Japan. At the time, Japan was governed by an ultranationalist political regime.
The American political philosopher Russell Kirk in 1962